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NH3's shape is trigonal pyramidal, which has 1 e lone pairs and 3 bonding pairs, while BH3's shpe is trigonal planar, with 0 e lone pair and 3 bonding pairs. It's the force that electron lone pairs exert that pushes the molecules further and the repulsion force of lone pairs that aided in changing the shape of the molecules.

Hence, the shape are different ...

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